Insolvency index 1842-1887

Entries
NameSurnamePlaceSequestrationDate Certificate IssuedOccupationCitation
-NEW SOUTH WALESDetails
James HenryATKINSON03/02/184221/09/1842NRS-13654-1-[2/8652]-11Details
William HenryALDERSONYass27/08/1875Tanner & CurrierNRS-13654-1-[2/9579]-12523Details
RobertANDERSONSydney28/12/184215/05/1844MerchantNRS-13654-1-[2/8719]-593Details
DavidAARONSSydney14/10/1875CarpenterNRS-13654-1-[2/9586]-12599Details
EdwardAPPSClarenza, near Grafton16/08/1886ER 25/08/1910FarmerNRS-13654-1-[2/10263]-21053Details
Thomas EdwardALLENRedfern30/07/1883Restaurant KeeperNRS-13654-1-[2/10010]-18125Details
WilliamALLENChippendale17/11/1855CorkcutterNRS-13654-1-[2/8898]-3465Details
IsaacALANDSydney09/05/1861Hay & Corn DealerNRS-13654-1-[2/9030]-5407Details
JamesANDERSONChurch Hill, Sydney27/04/186304/08/18?MerchantNRS-13654-1-[2/9113]-6616Details

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Insolvency is the inability to pay debts or meet expenses. Under early colonial law insolvency was treated as a different concept to bankruptcy (which involved an insolvents assets being administered and distributed to creditors).

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Bankruptcy index 1888-1929

Bankruptcy is a state in which a person is unable to pay creditors and is required to undergo a legal process that usually results in liquidation the estate in order to meet expenses (at least in part).